Vann CrossroadsNC
Home to 187 people, this town lies in North Carolina.
Is Vann Crossroads a good place to live?
27% of residents live below the poverty line in Vann Crossroads, where North Carolina’s towns sit at 13% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. No town among the 291 in North Carolina we compare has a higher share of homes lived in by their owners than Vann Crossroads. Vann Crossroads has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
187 people, and everyone knows the way
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Vann Crossroads.
Top of a very high hazard risk in Vann Crossroads: hurricanes
For Vann Crossroads, the natural-hazard score from FEMA is 82 of 100. Paid flood insurance claims in the town since 2016: 3. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 61% come from hurricanes and 16% from inland flooding.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of Vann Crossroads’ workers head elsewhere: there are 0.0 jobs for each of them
Vann Crossroads’ mean commuting time is 34 minutes. The top destinations are Newton Grove (10%), Clinton (8%) and Fayetteville (8%). Half commute less than 18 miles.
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Vann Crossroads has mild winters and hot summers
The July high for Vann Crossroads comes to 90°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Vann Crossroads is
The share of adults in Vann Crossroads who feel lonely: 34%. Nearly a quarter of adults in Vann Crossroads say their health is fair or poor; 40% have high blood pressure.
| Vann Crossroads | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 19% | 19% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Vann Crossroads | NC |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 20.8% | 13.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.6% | 7.1% |
| More smokers | 17.1% | 13.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Vann Crossroads
Moving to Vann Crossroads: who provides what
Vann Crossroads is unincorporated, so Sampson County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
100% of working residents leave Vann Crossroads for work
Where Vann Crossroads’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Vann Crossroads
College town 17 of every 100 Vann Crossroads residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across North Carolina.
About Vann Crossroads
CDP in North Carolina, United States
Vann Crossroads is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sampson County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 306 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 4.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 187 ft
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